12 Tips On How to Farm better in Dota 2

MOBAs are one of the most popular genres of gaming, especially with games like Pokemon Unite, League of Legends, and Dota 2 dominating the gaming charts. Naturally, pretty much every MOBA shares certain features.

One of those features is farming, which one might argue is the toughest to do in Dota 2 because of all the extra technical features that the game has in comparison to the other MOBAs we mentioned above.

Therefore, we've gathered 12 tips from our professional Dota 2 players on how to farm better in the game, and we're here to share them with you.

Tip #1: Practice Last Hitting

What many players do is they get so caught up in damaging the many creeps that pop up, that they forget the only hit that matters is the last hit. Therefore, one thing we recommend you do is try to keep the attacks you do toward creeps to a minimum.  Try to only attack if either you're sure the attack will kill a creep, or if no creep has lower than half of its health remaining.

One good way of practicing last hitting, and farming in general, is by playing against insane level bots. Because bots of that level are programmed to be able to last hit perfectly, if you're able to perform well against them, well, then playing against the average Dota 2 player should be a walk in the park.

Tip #2: Research Quelling Blade Tricks

If you've watched professional matches before, you might be familiar with the fact that many players tend to purchase the quelling blade at the very start of the game. Of course, dealing more damage to creeps being part of this item's utility is one reason they do this.

The second reason, however, is a little trick called the quelling blade trick. Players cut down trees using this blade to make a path for themselves. Now, this might not sound like much but just think about it.

By making quicker routes for themselves, players are able to travel between camps much quicker, all the while expanding their own vision. Of course, this might be unrelated to farming, but cutting down trees also renders most abilities that rely on trees useless or at least less effective.

Tip #3: Use Your Spells Smartly

Yes, using spells can cut down the time it takes to kill a creep by a lot. However, one thing you don't want to do is spam mana heavy skills to decrease the health of creeps. Instead, try to only use AOE spells when you're sure you can take out multiple creeps at once, otherwise you'll be spending most of the game going to the fountain to recover mana.

Tip #4: Don't Back Too Much

Going back to your tower too much will only decrease the amount of farming you can do, all the while leaving your lane unprotected. Because of this, the enemy will be able to take their time to farm as much as they want while you make your way back. Therefore, try to only return to your fountain if you REALLY need to.

Tip #5: Keep a Level Head

Last hitting creeps and farming in general can get pretty frustrating, especially if you constantly miss your last hits. However, remember to keep a level head and not to lose your cool, otherwise, your farming will continue to deteriorate in quality as the match goes on.

Tip #6: Spend Little Time Walking

Walking back to your tower after having recalled to your fountain is time wasted, the time you could have spent killing creeps instead. Because of this, teleporting to your tower might be a much better idea if you're looking to maximize the number of creeps farms.

Tip #7: Have Someone Teach You the Ropes

There's no better way to learn how to do something than to have someone who's already a professional teach you. Therefore, we recommend that if you have a friend or acquaintance who can teach you how to farm, then you ask them to give you some pointers.

If you don't have anyone, then the best thing to do would be to go to Eloking.com and hire a professional player to play a couple of matches with you, all the while asking that professional to give you some tips after every match with which you could potentially improve.

Tip #8: Memorize Your Hero's Attack Animation

One very important thing to consider when farming is your hero's attack animation. If you aren't sure what that is, then it's pretty much the animation your hero does between attacking and actually dealing damage.

Now, these animations can either be slow, normal, or fast, and the speed will determine when the best time to initiate an attack on a creep will be.

Tip #9: Push, Push, Push

There's apparently this misconception that if you don't take out the enemy tower, then you can potentially farm more. Well, that can't be further from the truth. On the contrary, by destroying towers you get access to more space for you to farm, all the while decreasing the safe space for the enemy, giving you better access to creeps, and the opposite for the enemy.

Tip #10: Don't Forget to Deny

Farming isn't always about how much your net worth is. Sometimes, it's about how much the gap between your and the enemy's net worth is. Because of this, it's almost always a viable option to deny the enemy creeps, and with that, potential gold. 

Of course, there are some exceptions to this, such as if the enemy opposite to you is fed enough to take you out instantly, in which case it might not be worth it.

Tip #11: Stay Alive

This one might be obvious for whatever you're trying to improve when it comes to Dota 2, but it's even more important if you want to farm better. If you die too much, all you'll be doing is wasting your farmed gold by giving it to the enemy, furthering the gap between you two. Instead, try not to do any risky plays unless you're confident in your abilities and character level.

Tip #12: Master Stacking

Creep Stacking is the process of drawing neutral creeps away from their camps in order to increase the number of units in an area. By doing so, not only do you potentially deny creeps from the enemy, but it makes it easier for you to take the creeps out by using AOE spells.

Mastering this will ensure you're able to safely take out multiple creeps at once. Even if you're a support, you can stack two waves, and then take out the dangerous farm to get some good gold.